# WWA World Welterweight Championship

The WWA World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1987. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 77 kg (170 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.
As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.
It was first won by Negro Casas in 1987 and had been defended not only in Mexico but Europe, Japan and the United States as well. The title was held by many of the top cruiserweight wrestlers of the 1990s including Heavy Metal, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Eddie Guerrero. El Hijo del Santo holds the record for most title reigns with ten reigns. The current champion is El Hijo de Rey Misterio II.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Negro Casas | 1987 | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Tornado Negro | April 14, 1989 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 | 0 | | |
| 3 | Negro Casas | April 14, 1989 | Live event | Apatlaco, Morelos | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Fuerza Guerrera | | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Blue Demon Jr. | September 1989 | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Fuerza Guerrera | | Live event | N/A | 6 | | | |
| 7 | El Hijo del Santo | June 7, 1990 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | November 1991 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for unknown reasons | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 1991 to 1992. |
| 8 | Eddie Guerrero | 1992 | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Piloto Suicida | August 29, 1992 | Live event | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 9 | | |
| 10 | Espanto Jr. | September 7, 1992 | Live event | Querétaro, Mexico | 1 | 193 | | |
| 11 | El Hijo del Santo | March 19, 1993 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 2 | 56 | | |
| 12 | Heavy Metal | May 14, 1993 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | | | |
| 13 | El Hijo del Santo | June 1993 | Live event | | 3 | | | |
| 14 | Psicosis | February 16, 1994 | Live event | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 1 | 583 | | |
| 15 | Rey Misterio Jr. | September 22, 1995 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 6 | | |
| 16 | Psicosis | September 28, 1995 | Live event | Mexicali, Mexico | 2 | 1 | | |
| 17 | Rey Misterio Jr. | September 29, 1995 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 2 | 212 | | |
| 18 | Juventud Guerrera | April 28, 1996 | Live event | Querétaro, Mexico | 1 | 83 | | |
| 19 | Rey Misterio Jr. | July 20, 1996 | WAR's 4th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 216 | | |
| 20 | El Hijo del Santo | February 21, 1997 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 4 | 133 | | |
| 21 | El Felino | July 4, 1997 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 96 | | |
| 22 | El Hijo del Santo | October 8, 1997 | Live event | Leon, Mexico | 5 | 115 | | |
| 23 | El Felino | January 31, 1998 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 36 | | |
| — | Vacated | March 8, 1998 | — | — | — | — | Championship held up after inconclusive match between El Hijo del Santo and El Felino | |
| 24 | El Hijo del Santo | July 13, 1998 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 6 | | Defeated Felino in rematch. | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. | Championship history is unrecorded from July 13, 1998 to April 9, 2000. |
| 25 | Blue Panther | April 9, 2000 | Live event | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| 26 | El Hijo del Santo | May 28, 2000 | Live event | | 7 | 179 | | |
| 27 | El Hijo del Diablo | November 23, 2000 | Live event | Iguala, Mexico | 1 | 707 | | |
| 28 | El Hijo del Santo | October 31, 2002 | Live event | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 8 | 817 | | |
| 29 | El Cobarde | January 25, 2005 | Live event | Juarez, Mexico | 1 | 227 | | |
| 30 | El Hijo del Santo | September 9, 2005 | Live event | Ciudad Juarez, Mexico | 9 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 9, 2005 to July 2, 2008. |
| 31 | Blue Demon Jr. | | Live event | Valencia, Spain | 2 | 3 | | |
| 32 | El Hijo del Santo | July 5, 2008 | Live event | London, England | 10 | 1,258 | | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 33 | El Hijo de Rey Misterio II | May 27, 2011 | Live event | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| 34 | Ángel Blanco Jr. | December 15, 2011 | Live event | Mexico City, Mexcico | 1 | 2,114 | | |
| 35 | Bandido | September 28, 2017 | TxT show | Tulancingo, Hidalgo | 1 | 2,832+ | | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
* ↑ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 The location of the title change was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
* ↑ The exact date on which Negro Casas won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 470 and 834 days.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA Welterweight Title"
* ↑ The exact date on which Negro Casas lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 169 days.
* 1 2 The exact date Fuerza Guerrea won the championship has not been documented, only that he won the championship in this time period.
* ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrera won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 day and 168 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 278 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrero won and lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 249 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 512 and 541 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Eddie Guerrero won the title is unknown, placing his title reigns between −181 and 59 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Heavy Metal lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 277 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 47 and 276 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Blue Panther lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 53 and 82 days.